From 21 April letter
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"A petition was circulated in the Place Lamartine. Ninety men and women signed it.
To Mayor Tardieu:
We, the undersigned citizens of Arles, are firmly convinced that Vincent Van Gogh, resident of Place Lamartine, 2, is a dangerous lunatic, not fit to be at large. We hereby call upon you as our Mayor to have this madman locked up.
It was very close to election time in Arles. Mayor Tardieu did not wish to displease so many voters. he ordered the superintendent of the police to arrest Vincent. They found him laying on the floor below the window sill. They carried him off to jail." Lust for Life by Irving Stone (1984).
Eric stopped by for a visit. When I told him how Van Gogh was taken to an insane asylum he said, "This place is like an insane asylum. Only here, we're the sane ones. The CO's are insane. The system is insane."
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